Hostel Trailer

Mise-en-scene:

The trailer begins with a shot of an old desolated building, however it is evident that this shot is during day, as the lighting is natural and high key. The trailer then jumps to a low key lighted room, which once again gives the feeling of it being old, run down and desolate, as you see water forming a puddle on the floor, from an old rusty pipe. You then see the image of a male figure dressed in a boiler suit, and masked, washing down the room. The next shot shows a 'victim' as the bag is removed from his head in slow motion, and this creates an eerie effect. The short take of the tools on the table, begins to suggest the idea of torturing, and this feeling is further enhanced with the male 'victim' trapped alone in the room, with the strobe lighting effect. The suggested chopping of the toe, creates fear and horror in this trailer, and defines the torturing element of it. The quick close up shots of the male figures in masks, and boiler suits possessing various weapons, creates the feeling that there are many 'villians' in this horror. The use of seeing the mans reflection in the mirror is also effective, as you see the persons head bloody and beaten up, and you see him being thrown against it in the end.

Sound:

The movie has a soundtrack throughout, which as you would conventionally expect starts off with a slow beat, as strings overlap a steady beat. You originally hear the diegetic sound of the water dripping, and the noise of the hose sounds more enhanced and 'tinny' adding to the metallic and dingy effect of the film. The music then begins to slowly build up as you see the man whimpering and cowering, and you hear the feint noise of the lights flickering. The pace of the soundtrack then stays at a steady increased rate, until you see the chopping of the toe, which has a very enhanced and once again metallic sounding noise, this soundtrack immediately stops following this. You then here the once again diegetic sounds of the picking of the tools, and the using of the chainsaw and scissors, which increase the horror of the trailer. After this sequence of shots, the music once again restarts with a quicker pace, and more beats which increases the suspense up until the final few scenes. Throughout this trailer, the sound puts the 'victims' in a very dominated and victimising position, as they are represented through screaming and whimpering, showing that the antagonists of this trailer and film have the dominance to torture these beings.

Camera:

The trailer starts off with an establishing shot of an old run down building, and sets the main theme of desolation for this trailer. This is enhanced with an extreme close up of the water dripping from the pipe, and the high angled shot of the puddle formed on the floor. The trailer then moves to a medium shot of the 'victim' who is having a bag removed from his head, this immediately shows the dominance of the antagonists of this film. You then see a medium shot of the table covered in tools, and this brings the idea of torturing into the viewers head. The low angled long shot of the man trapped in the chair in the middle of the room, once again adds to the theme of desolation and creates suspense on what will happen to him. You then see the extreme close up of the foot being trapped between the pliers, and this creates an initial factor of torturing. There are then a few long and medium shots of the antagonists, and this furthers the feeling of torturing in this trailer. The long shot of the man running away, creates the feeling of being trapped, and needing to escape for survival. Finally, the reflective shot at the end, where you see the being in the mirror, and then it turns to a close up of his face, nicely finishes the film off, and creates a fear and leaves the audience wanting more.

Editing:

The trailer starts off with a series of slow and relatively continuous scenes. The text appears on black screens between shots in capitilsed san serif texts, and in a yellow/gold colour. The trailer follows a theme of flicking lights, and this creates a dingy and spooky effect to the trailer. The transition between these shots at the beginning of the film are just simple fades, and they work effectively in making the trailer seem continuous at this stage. However following the scene where the audience is to assume that the toe is cut off, the pace of the trailer increases, and it becomes less continuous and less conventional. The text is now overriding the shots, as it begins fully zoomed into the camera, and quickly fades to the background, it is also a bold orange colour now, which intensifies the trailer. The negative flash flame at fifty seconds as well, on one of the antagonists, creates the feeling of flashing lights once again, and this is very effective once again, and continues the theme of the trailer, the transitions between frames, are now just cuts as well, and flash flames become more evident towards the end of the trailer, to create tension and suspense for the final scene.